February 13, 1847

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Features

Electrical Drummond Light

Discovery of Steam Power

The Effects of the Introduction of Mechanical Improvements

Foreign Correspondence

Departments

Departments

The Prairie

Monkeys

Did His Best

The Bear and the Tea-kettle

A Peaceable Regiment

Hair-breadth Escape

Clever Retort

Snow

A Post Office on Wheels

A Dangerous Bridge

Brisk Business

Essex County Constellation

Military Wings

Mr. Calhoun's Speech

Manifestation of Respect

The Blockade

Croton Water Proceeds

Demand for Iron in England

Late from Mexico

Mount Etna

Snow in Maine

New and Valuable Books

A Great Bridge

Recent Fires

Lake Superior Copper

Iron Ore in North Adams

A Fool and his Money, &c

Cold on the Prairies

Ingenious Mechanism

Worcester

Incident of the Freshet at Dayton

The Canada Railroad

Providence and Worcester Railroad

Hudson River Railroad

Burlington (Vt) and Ogdensburg

Peterboro (Mass) Railroad

Battle of Waterloo

Essex (Mass) Railroad

Meteorie Observations

Concord N. H. Railroad

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Kennebec Railroad

The Swan Fountain

A Volcano at Work

Fitchburg Railroad

Revolving Railroad Gripper

Marble Castings

A Good Night's Business

New Rotary Steam Engine

Improved Carriage Spring

Stetson's Transplanter

Iron and Coal

To New Subscribers

The Western Telegraph Company

Curious Electro-Magnetic Phenomena

The Two Railroad Projects Compared

Ranlet's Architect

Wind of a Ball

Safety of Railroads

Railroad to Albany

What does it Mean?

To Correspondents

Indians in Mexico

The Oyster Mail

The Fortunes of an Apprentice

Gun Tow Applied to Blasting

Construction of Oxy-Hydrogen Blowpipe

Glass Water Pipes

The Farmer's Water Power

Discovery of Mezzotinto

Chemical Tests

Electricity vs the Harpers

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